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NewsGrocer 33: Service - Service wins it again for Sainsbury's
Sainsbury’s in Stroud was this week’s clear winner. It offered the best availability as the only supermarket to offer a full basket. But what really impressed was the customer service: the assistant knew exactly where to fi nd the product our shopper was looking for and led her to it ...
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NewsAcid Test: Method laundry detergent
Method promised a “laundry revolution” when it launched its first laundry detergent range in July, claiming the liquid was “eight times more concentrated than traditional detergents”.
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Sainsbury’s ad plays spot the difference
Sainsbury's has revived its "no difference in price" campaign after Waitrose vowed to match Tesco on 1,000 branded items. The press ad, debuted 18 months ago, compares Tesco and Sainsbury's prices for eight products, including Anchor...
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Sainsbury’s adds more fine wines to its range
Sainsbury's is almost doubling the size of its fine wine fixture and also launching 12 new Taste the Difference variants, claiming that premium own-label wine has "never been so popular". On the fine wine shelf, 15 new labels will roll...
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Andrew Thornton's Expert Advice: Fresh ways to engage customers
There's no need for gloom: go local, think sustainable and your customers will follow suit
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NewsSoup supplier next to be hit in Borders Agency crackdown
A supplier of organic soup to Harrods is in hot water for using illegal workers. The UK Borders Agency arrested eight men during a raid at Joubère's processing site in Acton, West London, last week. Joubère must now prove it carried out...
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NewsNCS announces first commercial partners
The National Convenience Show has unveiled its first raft of heavyweight partners, with Booker, Imperial Tobacco, Heineken and Robert Wiseman on board. The show, which replaces the annual Convenience Retailing Show, takes place at...
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Commodities: Cracks appear in UK hopes for a profitable egg market
Egg prices may be rallying after their summer slump but UK producers face a bruising from an EU fudge over welfare rules says Mintec’s Robert Miles
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Shadow appointments get a cautious reception
Industry leaders have given a cautious welcome to the new Labour shadow cabinet announced this week but some have questioned how important a role it will play.Appointments likely to be closely watched include Wakefield MP Mary Creagh...
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Walmart takes Asda training plan global
Walmart has adopted Asda's Store of Learning initiative and is to roll out the training scheme globally.The concept is being used in Walmart stores in Mexico and India and will spread to stores in China next year. Asda said its UK team...
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Bunnies to the fore in Easter assault by confectionery giants
The rabbits will be rampant next spring as Cadbury and Mars make the Caramel and Malteaster bunnies a more significant part of their Easter "novelty" chocolates fixture.Cadbury is investing £1m in its Caramel Bunnies brand and in the...
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NewsGreen & Black’s hunts for NPD taste assistant
Green & Black's is launching a Willy Wonka-style search for a taste assistant to help develop new chocolate bars and products. A national cinema and press campaign kicks off the hunt this weekend, giving consumers nine weeks to apply...
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NewsAunt Bessie’s debuts gravy granules and stuffing mixes
Aunt Bessie's has teamed up with Nation's Noodle maker Symington's for its debut in gravy and stuffing. The four-strong range of Aunt Bessie's granulated gravies (rsp: 95p) and three stuffing mixes launch later this month and are expected...
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Vaseline ups its lip service for autumn
Unilever has hailed its new Vaseline lip therapy sticks as the brand's most innovative launch since lip tins. The launch next month is being backed with a £1.3m campaign. A new variant Cocoa Butter is being added to the original, aloe...
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AWG: Spar to thank for sales growth
Wholesaler Appleby Westward Group has attributed its growing sales to the recruitment of better independent retailers to the Spar brand. The sales of Spar's wholesaler for the southwest of England increased by 6.4% to £136.1m in the year...
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NewsIs backing our boys enough for Red Lion Foods to win?
Can Red Lion Foods really create a mainstream household staple brand and give £30m to the armed forces, as it’s promised, asks Amy Golding
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NewsBiodegradable cling film first from Baco
Baco has claimed a UK first with the launch of a biodegradable cling film. BioWrap 100% (rsp: £1.59) contains an additive that helps the film degrade with exposure to heat, light and oxygen. It will degrade completely in around two years ...
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Wall’s special bangers for Bonfire Night
Wall's is launching a special-edition sausage for Bonfire Night. Bonfire Bangers (rsp: £3 for a pack of 12) come in a smoky barbecue flavour and will go into Morrisons stores from 18 October, with Tesco to follow on 3 November.
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NewsSpar Ireland to roll out budget range in bid to halt sales drop
Spar Ireland plans to introduce a new budget range in more than 100 stores across the Republic next month in a bid to reverse declining sales. After a decade of growth during the Irish Celtic Tiger boom, Spar Ireland's sales fell almost...
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NewsFocus On Cakes & Biscuits: Health takes the biscuit
Healthy biscuits, which took a back seat last year, have risen to the top of the barrel in 2010. But when it comes to cakes, own-label NPD is putting indulgence first, reports Sue Scott